Eye-Openers: Why aren’t there more female chefs?

Lots of good reading this morning, led by some thinkage on female chefs, plus a woman who offered sex for McNuggets, Gordon Ramsay’s reason for opening a Vegas restaurant, another Palio casual spinoff, and more.

From the local scene:

Another branch of Palio Caffe is opening — this time on the corner of Second and Natoma in SoMa. [LiveSOMA]

Here in the Bay Area, we’re blessed with plenty of female chefs of all ages, but especially on a national scale, it’s still an industry dominated by men. Miami chef Michelle Bernstein shares her theory on why there aren’t as many female chefs as male chefs: “But it really is one of the most labor intensive jobs you can have. A lot of people are shocked when they start working in a kitchen at how difficult it is. The other factor is, no one gives a crap what you can create in the first ten years of your career … It’s really the large numbers of people who move on from these conditions — not just women.” Thoughts? [New Times]

Gordon Ramsay tells Robin Leach why the timing is right for a Las Vegas steakhouse:”It wasn’t just a case of saying yes because it was the first offer.” [LV Weekly]

The co-founder of Pinkberry is accused by police of chasing down a homeless man and beating him with a tire iron. [Los Angeles Times]